The architecture of China is as old as the Chinese civilization. The Chinese have always enjoyed an indigenous system of construction that has retained its principal characteristics from back then to current day. From Chinese Turkistan to Japan, form Manchuria to the Northern half of French Indonesia, the same system of construction occurred. Those areas were the areas of Chinese influence. China has the worlds larges continuous civilization which lasted 4,000 years. Today, it has the worlds largest population. When it came to architecture techniques, they agnowledged the important people in the Buddha religion. Also, the stupa ( a mound of dirt where a more permanent structure is build over) came into China as Buddhism spread to that region. The Chinese also invented the Pagoda which is a combination of the Stupa and Chinese tower building. Chinese architecture includes the Great Wall of China. This fortification was build out of stone, wood, brick, mud, and earth. It is 5500-13000 miles long. Interiors of architecture were both residential and commercial buildings that were based of courtyard building style. They focused on the layout and symmetry.
India also used the stupa technique. They also acknowledged the important people in the Buddhist religion. They had a lack of furniture. People would tend to eat, sleep, and sit on the floor. A major stupa for India was the Great Stupa of Sanchi.
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